lawgiver
Who acts: lawgiver, person, old king · What happens: be, make, write, call · To what, where: person, laws, rules, Moses, fair lawgiver · Speech: someone speaks here
«lawgiver» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 3 examples, every sentence parsed by Mova itself — its syntax tree, a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, and its pragmatics clause by clause. The word in the dictionary, with its sense in the lessons: lawgiver in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A lawgiver is a person who makes the laws for a people or country, such as a wise leader long ago.
The tree, 21 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 lawgiver | det |
| 2 | lawgiver | lawgiver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 person | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 person | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 person | det |
| 5 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 makes | nsubj |
| 7 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 person | acl:relcl |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 laws | det |
| 9 | laws | law | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 makes | obj |
| 10 | for | for | ADP | _ | 12 people | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 people | det |
| 12 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 laws | conj |
| 13 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 14 country | cc |
| 14 | country | country | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 people | conj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 leader | punct |
| 16 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP | 20 leader | case |
| 17 | as | as | ADP | _ | 16 such | fixed |
| 18 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 20 leader | det |
| 19 | wise | wise | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 leader | amod |
| 20 | leader | leader | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 people | list |
| 21 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 22 ago | advmod |
| 22 | ago | ago | ADV | _ | 7 makes | advmod |
| 23 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 person | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a lawgiver | a person | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | make | present | a person | the laws and a people or country | ago property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent law=Product |
One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.
Example 1
The lawgiver wrote rules for the whole city.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 lawgiver | det |
| 2 | lawgiver | lawgiver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wrote | nsubj |
| 3 | wrote | write | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | rules | rule | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 wrote | obj |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 city | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 city | det |
| 7 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 city | amod |
| 8 | city | city | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wrote | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 wrote | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | write | past | the lawgiver | rules | for the whole city | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent rule=Result for city=Beneficiary |
Example 2
Moses is often called a great lawgiver.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Moses | Moses | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 called | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 called | aux:pass |
| 3 | often | often | ADV | _ | 4 called | advmod |
| 4 | called | call | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 lawgiver | det |
| 6 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 lawgiver | amod |
| 7 | lawgiver | lawgiver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 called | xcomp |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 called | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call | present · passive | Moses | often property | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |
Example 3
The old king was a fair lawgiver.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 king | det |
| 2 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 king | amod |
| 3 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 lawgiver | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 lawgiver | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 lawgiver | det |
| 6 | fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 lawgiver | amod |
| 7 | lawgiver | lawgiver | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 lawgiver | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | the old king | a fair lawgiver | tree rules |
Text: the school dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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